diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 13518de5cb3c..0ae8a206b949 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -3366,7 +3366,7 @@ private boolean isIoUringEnabled() {
         if (!meetRequirements) {
             return false;
         }
-        return isUbuntuHost() || isIoUringSupportedByQemu();
+        return isUbuntuOrDebianHost() || isIoUringSupportedByQemu();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -3379,13 +3379,14 @@ public boolean isQemuDiscardBugFree(DiskDef.DiskBus diskBus) {
         return diskBus != DiskDef.DiskBus.IDE || getHypervisorQemuVersion() >= HYPERVISOR_QEMU_VERSION_IDE_DISCARD_FIXED;
     }
 
-    public boolean isUbuntuHost() {
+    public boolean isUbuntuOrDebianHost() {
         Map<String, String> versionString = getVersionStrings();
         String hostKey = "Host.OS";
         if (MapUtils.isEmpty(versionString) || !versionString.containsKey(hostKey) || versionString.get(hostKey) == null) {
             return false;
         }
-        return versionString.get(hostKey).equalsIgnoreCase("ubuntu");
+        return versionString.get(hostKey).equalsIgnoreCase("ubuntu")
+                || versionString.get(hostKey).startsWith("Debian");
     }
 
     private KVMPhysicalDisk getPhysicalDiskFromNfsStore(String dataStoreUrl, DataTO data) {
@@ -5348,14 +5349,14 @@ public boolean isSecureMode(String bootMode) {
 
     public boolean hostSupportsInstanceConversion() {
         int exitValue = Script.runSimpleBashScriptForExitValue(INSTANCE_CONVERSION_SUPPORTED_CHECK_CMD);
-        if (isUbuntuHost() && exitValue == 0) {
+        if (isUbuntuOrDebianHost() && exitValue == 0) {
             exitValue = Script.runSimpleBashScriptForExitValue(UBUNTU_NBDKIT_PKG_CHECK_CMD);
         }
         return exitValue == 0;
     }
 
     public boolean hostSupportsWindowsGuestConversion() {
-        if (isUbuntuHost()) {
+        if (isUbuntuOrDebianHost()) {
             int exitValue = Script.runSimpleBashScriptForExitValue(UBUNTU_WINDOWS_GUEST_CONVERSION_SUPPORTED_CHECK_CMD);
             return exitValue == 0;
         }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
index d3ebb28b106a..b94b48300036 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtCheckConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class LibvirtCheckConvertInstanceCommandWrapper extends CommandWrapper<Ch
     public Answer execute(CheckConvertInstanceCommand cmd, LibvirtComputingResource serverResource) {
         if (!serverResource.hostSupportsInstanceConversion()) {
             String msg = String.format("Cannot convert the instance from VMware as the virt-v2v binary is not found on host %s. " +
-                    "Please install virt-v2v%s on the host before attempting the instance conversion.", serverResource.getPrivateIp(), serverResource.isUbuntuHost()? ", nbdkit" : "");
+                    "Please install virt-v2v%s on the host before attempting the instance conversion.", serverResource.getPrivateIp(), serverResource.isUbuntuOrDebianHost()? ", nbdkit" : "");
             logger.info(msg);
             return new CheckConvertInstanceAnswer(cmd, false, msg);
         }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
index a11730a12409..947b55464689 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtConvertInstanceCommandWrapper.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public Answer execute(ConvertInstanceCommand cmd, LibvirtComputingResource serve
 
         if (cmd.getCheckConversionSupport() && !serverResource.hostSupportsInstanceConversion()) {
             String msg = String.format("Cannot convert the instance %s from VMware as the virt-v2v binary is not found. " +
-                    "Please install virt-v2v%s on the host before attempting the instance conversion.", sourceInstanceName, serverResource.isUbuntuHost()? ", nbdkit" : "");
+                    "Please install virt-v2v%s on the host before attempting the instance conversion.", sourceInstanceName, serverResource.isUbuntuOrDebianHost()? ", nbdkit" : "");
             logger.info(msg);
             return new ConvertInstanceAnswer(cmd, false, msg);
         }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtReadyCommandWrapper.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtReadyCommandWrapper.java
index 8f23e79e4a32..729c6c25f6c4 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtReadyCommandWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/main/java/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/wrapper/LibvirtReadyCommandWrapper.java
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ public final class LibvirtReadyCommandWrapper extends CommandWrapper<ReadyComman
     public Answer execute(final ReadyCommand command, final LibvirtComputingResource libvirtComputingResource) {
         Map<String, String> hostDetails = new HashMap<String, String>();
 
-        if (hostSupportsUefi(libvirtComputingResource.isUbuntuHost()) && libvirtComputingResource.isUefiPropertiesFileLoaded()) {
+        if (hostSupportsUefi(libvirtComputingResource.isUbuntuOrDebianHost()) && libvirtComputingResource.isUefiPropertiesFileLoaded()) {
             hostDetails.put(Host.HOST_UEFI_ENABLE, Boolean.TRUE.toString());
         }
 
         return new ReadyAnswer(command, hostDetails);
     }
 
-    private boolean hostSupportsUefi(boolean isUbuntuHost) {
+    private boolean hostSupportsUefi(boolean isUbuntuOrDebianHost) {
         int timeout = AgentPropertiesFileHandler.getPropertyValue(AgentProperties.AGENT_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT) * 1000; // Get property value & convert to milliseconds
         int result;
-        if (isUbuntuHost) {
+        if (isUbuntuOrDebianHost) {
             logger.debug("Running command : [dpkg -l ovmf] with timeout : " + timeout + " ms");
             result = Script.executeCommandForExitValue(timeout, Script.getExecutableAbsolutePath("dpkg"), "-l", "ovmf");
         } else {